Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to New York today, May 18, 2022, for two days of meetings at the UN to help mobilize a global response to the food security crisis resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Canada's high commissioner to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale made the remarks Wednesday in London, noting Russian troops have stopped grain exports from Ukraine, denying hungry people the food they need to survive.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced visit on Sunday, May 8, 2022, to Ukraine, where he reopened the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv and expressed unwavering support for the embattled country.
Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes investigation, says Canada's international development minister.
The UN World Food Program has warned that millions of people in the developing world and conflict zones are on the brink of starvation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's biggest wheat exporters.
As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern.
The United Nations is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial support.